Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-12-08
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

Mrs. BURNETT's Little Lord Faunt-
leroy" has reached its thirtieth thou
sand.
Miss MARY l.. BooTII, of Harper's
B0zar, who has lately returned from
her five months vacation abroad,
brought with her slips of ivy from the
notable places she visited, and has
planted them in her New York gar
den. u..
AT the Paris salon this year
there are more than five hundred
women exhibitors, including twenty
five Americans. The total number of
feminine artists in Paris, both exhibit
ors and students in serious ateliers, is
about 1,200.
COLONEL FRED GRANTS wife is de-
scribed as a woman of beauty and ac-
complishments. She is of French ex-
traction. and is said to be born diplo-
Ilnatist. In the matter of making
speeches she is much more fluent than
her husband.
JENNY LIMBS singing teacher, Prot.
Bergh, is still living in Stockholm, at
the age of eighty-four The one subject
he most enjoys speaking upon is that
of his famous pupil and her successes.
The very mention of her name brings
tears of enthusiasm and affection to his
eyes.
| VICTORIA CoLONNA was buried in
small and obscure church in Rome,
now being demolished, SAINT Anna del
Falegnami; and the arch@ologists and
literary people of that city are anxious
ly expecting the discovery of her
"cypress-wood coffin, lined with en-
broidered velvet"
SINCE the death OF "Aunt Jennie"
the newsboys' friend, in Cincinnati, a
movement has been started in that city
to erect a suitable and comfortable
newsboys' home The charge of it will
be given to Mrs. McCabc, who for
many years aided Aunt Jennie in the
care of the newsboys.
Or the 100000 given by Miss Cald-
we'll to found Roman Catholic uni
versity, $4,000 have been expended
for plot of ground half a mile outside
of Washington, d. G., and $40, 900
will be spent on the building, the re-
naming 100000 being reserved for
the professors salaries.
Miss OLIVE RIsLEY SEWARD, the
adopted daughter of the ex-Secretary,
! tells in the November number of Scrib-
ner's Magazine a hitherto unwritten
chapter of the diplomatic history of our
country regarding the abortive treaty
with Denmark for the purchase of the
Island of St Thomas.
DIR. FANNIE BERLIN, the surgeon of
the New England Hospital for Women
and Children, has recently returned
from professional tour 10 Birming-
ham, London and Paris. She was
pleasantly surprised by her many
friends on the 10th inst, when she was
presented with an elegant bookcase. as
a testimonial of their regard
Miss BELLE BURROUGHS and Miss
Virginia Springer each carried out a
, keg of gunpowder from burning
store during recent fire at New
Martinsville, W. Va The exploit was
hazardous, as the kegs were so hot
that they could oaly be handled when
enveloped in wet cloths; but the brave
girls prevented disastrous explosion.
: THE Woman's Educational and In.
= dustrial Union of Buffalo, n. Y, is cir
e culating a petition asking the governor
e to appoint two women as trustees tC
e fill the existing vacancies in the board
V of trustees of the Buffalo Insane Asy.
It lum. Other States have taken similar
e action, with gratifying results. Cover
nor Hill viii do well to grant the ladies
o petition.
n FANNY DAVENPORT is said to be tn,
e strongest woman on the stage. Sh'
}, has a powerful physique and the bcs
4 Of health. Modjeskn. although yer,
;. frail-looking. is physically strong. ShI
D thinks that she developed her muscl
e as a young girl by breaking the loai
+ sugar for the family. and in after year
BY churning butter on her ranch il
+ California.